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Compromise of 1850
This was an attempt to seek a compromise crisis between the North and the South -
The Kansas Nebraska Act
This allowed people in Nebraska and Kansas decide for themselves weather or not to allow slavery within their boarders -
Bleeding Kansas
A violent battle involving the fighting of ani-slavery and pro-slavery -
The Dred Scott Decision
A slave, Dred Scott, was free where African Americans were not able to be free -
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Known as the Great debates; series of 7 debates between President Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen Douglas -
Lincolns Election
One month after he was elected the Civil War started; he also helped stop slavery -
Fort Sumter
Was built after the War of 1812 and was used to protect the harbors; the Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle in the Civil War -
Bull Run
This was the the first major battle of the civil war and resulted in Confederate victory -
Harper's Ferry
John Brown lead a small group on a raid against a federal armory In Harpers Ferry, Virginia in attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery -
Antietam
First battle of the Civil War fought on Northern soil; the Union victory resulted in President Lincoln issuing his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation -
Emancipation Proclamation
It led the way to total abolition of slavery in the United States; only freed slaves in confederate slave states, not union slave holding states -
Gettysburg and Gettysburg Address
It was delivered by Lincoln at the dedication of the Solider's National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -
Andersonville Prison
Largest military prison in the time of the Civil War -
Reconstruction
President started planning this for an end to the Civil War -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
General Robert Lee surrendered to the Union Army -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth planned to kill him as part of a larger conspiracy in a bid to revive the Confederate cause
